City of Watertown, WI
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2022-12-20
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Part I: Administrative Legislation
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Chapter 136 Officers and Employees
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Article V Humane Officer
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 7 Administrative Organization
- Ch 10 Administrative Review
- Ch 24 Boards, Commissions and Committees
- Ch 33 Citations
- Ch 38 Court, Municipal
- Ch 52 Elections
- Ch 56 Emergency Government
- Ch 60 Engineering Department
- Ch 65 Ethics
- Ch 76 Finance and Taxation
- Ch 80 Fire Department
- Ch 97 Inspection Division
- Ch 114 Mayor and Council
- Ch 125 Notices
- Ch 136 Officers and Employees
- Ch 136 Art V Humane Officer
- § 136-12 Position created.
- § 136-13 Certification; duties.
- § 136-14 Authority.
- Ch 147 Police Department
- Ch 152 Public Health Department
- Ch 160 Records
- Ch 174 Street Department
- Ch 193 Water Department
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 205 Adult Entertainment Establishments
- Ch 211 Airport
- Ch 216 Alarm Systems
- Ch 220 Alcohol Beverages and Other Beverages
- Ch 224 Amusements
- Ch 228 Animals
- Ch 240 Bicycles
- Ch 247 Boating
- Ch 253 Building Construction
- Ch 266 Cigarettes and Tobacco Products
- Ch 282 Electrical Standards
- Ch 288 Erosion and Sediment Control
- Ch 295 Fair Housing
- Ch 303 Fires and Fire Prevention
- Ch 319 Health and Sanitation
- Ch 325 Historic Preservation
- Ch 332 Housing Standards
- Ch 341 Impact Fees
- Ch 356 Landscaping
- Ch 362 Littering
- Ch 377 Mining, Nonmetallic
- Ch 390 Nuisances
- Ch 398 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 403 Pawnbrokers and Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 410 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 419 Plumbing
- Ch 424 Property Maintenance, Commercial
- Ch 428 Public Events
- Ch 442 Snowmobiles
- Ch 446 Solid Waste
- Ch 453 Stormwater Management
- Ch 457 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 468 Taxicabs
- Ch 476 Towing
- Ch 480 Transient Merchants
- Ch 482 Transportation Utility
- Ch 484 Trees
- Ch 497 Vehicles, Abandoned and Junked
- Ch 500 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 508 Wastewater Facilities
- Ch 512 Water and Sewers
- Part III: Land Use Legislation
- Ch 525 Comprehensive Plan
- Ch 532 Floodplain and Shoreland-Wetland Zoning
- Ch 545 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 550 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A600 Charter Ordinances
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted by Ord. No. 00-19 (§ 2.06(2) of the former City Code); amended
by Ord. No. 02-47]
There is created the position of Humane Officer within the City
of Watertown. The Mayor, subject to confirmation by the Common Council,
shall appoint the Humane Officer to serve at the discretion of the
Mayor.
The Humane Officer shall be certified as required by § 173.05,
Wis. Stats., as amended from time to time. The duties of the Humane
Officer shall be as outlined in Chapter 173 of the Wisconsin Statutes,
and the Humane Officer shall enforce all laws and ordinances relating
to animals within the City, including but not limited to the provisions
of Chapter 173 of the Wisconsin Statutes, which are hereby adopted
by reference, as amended from time to time.
The Humane Officer of the City of Watertown shall have the authority to issue abatement orders pursuant to § 173.11, Wis. Stats. Any person adversely affected by such abatement order may, within 10 days of service of the order on said person, request an administrative review hearing, pursuant to Chapter 10 of the Watertown Code, which hearing shall be held within 10 days thereafter, pursuant to § 173.11, Wis. Stats.
